AstroBen

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by AstroBen 2y ago
Think about this: if a function calls another function that produces a side effect, both functions become impure (non-functional). Simply separating them isn't enough. That's the difference when thinking of it in functional terms
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It's about minimizing and isolating state and side effects, not eliminating them completely Functional core, imperative shell is a common pattern. Keep the side effects on the outside. Instead of doing side effects directly, just retur
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Ah, you see that's where you bring in vibe sales and marketing!
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The problem is most react developers are using the library because they want a job and see companies are using it, not because they believe in or even understand functional programming The amount of times I've heard that classes = OOP
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by AstroBen 2y ago
There are other forces acting on the movie industry. The rise of streaming killing DVD sales, YouTube and tiktok competition for attention etc. lowered their revenue a lot leading to a lot less ability to take risks on new ideas that may or
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Is an artist finding inspiration from another's work stealing? Creativity is very rarely building something completely new from nothing at all - it's the end result of inspiration and a merging of ideas Which seems to be exactly w
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I'm not sure that's the best advice unless you're looking to build a career in marketing If you're looking at your long term career trajectory you're probably better off taking a (maybe much) lower paying job in the
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by AstroBen 2y ago
It seems to be fairly nuanced in how abilities transfer: https://arxiv.org/html/2310.16937v2 Very hard for me to wrap my head around the idea that an LLM being able to discuss, even perhaps teach high level chess strat
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> Why doesn't it? It was surprising to me because I would have expected if there was reasoning ability then it would translate across domains at least somewhat, but yeah what you say makes sense. I'm thinking of it in human ter
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hah you're right on the spelling but wrong on my meaning. That's probably the first time I've typed it. I don't think LLMs are quite at the level of mice reasoning yet! https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us
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My point wasn't chess specific or that they couldn't have specific training for it. It was a more general "here is something that LLMs clearly aren't being trained for currently, but would also be solvable through reason
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> Going from $1M ARR to $100M ARR in 12 months, Cursor is the fastest growing SaaS company of all time Just because it's not reaching the insane hype being pushed doesn't mean it's totally useless
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This seems fairly obvious at this point. If they were actually reasoning at all they'd be capable (even if not good) of complex games like chess Instead they're barely able to eek out wins against a bot that plays completely ran